Wow, awesome thread! Major props for all the hard work man.

It seems the Wii is finally getting some nice games. No wait, make that tons of nice games. I never thought Nintendo E3 would be so awesome!

There are probably over 25 titles here that I'm interested in.

Thats alot of games...

Damm that was a long post and is all this only for nintendo.

Chrizum said: Wow, awesome thread! Major props for all the hard work man. It seems the Wii is finally getting some nice games. No wait, make that tons of nice games. I never thought Nintendo E3 would be so awesome! There are probably over 25 titles here that I'm interested in.

Thanks. And ditto about the games: I knew it was good coming in, but now I'm just a bit overloaded. There are the obvious games, like Pikmin 3, Fatal Frame 4, Guitar Hero: World Tour, etc. Then there are the smaller games that I hadn't heard of before, but which look like a blast: Dokapon Kingdom, Sigma Harmonics, Time Hollow...Geez, it's going to be a tough year for my wallet. Which games caught your eye?

That was the longest post ever made on VgChartz! I was going to quote it just to piss people off but luckily I controlled myself.

I need a 2d metroid. Please nintendo make this happen.

My bandwidth thanks you for your restraint!

@sc94597: I'm not sure what to expect on that front anymore. Dread showed up at the E3 2005 list, a list in which every other game appeared, but it was a no-show. Since then, we've had Nintendo give us "no comment", and Retro give us that maddeningly cryptic reference. I believe it still exists, and that it's 2D, so as to distinguish itself from the Prime games, but...I dunno. What do you know about it?

IGN is reporting that monster hunter 3 will NOT be at E3

Just a quick heads up to Animal Crossing fans, there's a rumor that it's full title will be Animal Crossing: City Folk. The source is a poster at NeoGAF, but he seems fairly confident, and everyone's taking his word for it, so I pass it along for your consideration (Post 240).

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324158&page=5

On the next page, Mega Man 9 is supposed to have DLC.

Edit: By request, the OP has parts duplicated across multiple pages. What follows is the final section, rumors and speculation.

AND NOW, THE SPECULATION

These games are only rumors or ideas. They may show up, but they probably won't. If even three of these games pop up, I'll be stunned. Let me know if I'm missing anything.

NINTENDO

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http://www.gametap.com/articles/gamenews/newssource_zelda_team_reunites-04182008

After Twilight Princess, Nintendo pledged that Zelda would be going in a new direction. Since then, we've seen Phantom Hourglass, although that title was being developed alongside Princess, so we'll be kind and exclude it for the purpose of this discussion. Twilight Princess was rumored to have been all but completed in 2005, with its release being withheld so as to coincide with the Wii's release. If this is true, then the Zelda team will have had two and a half years to work on a Wii-sequel. Unfortunately for this theory, Miyamoto revealed this year that the Zelda team has only recently been reassembled. It is possible that the series was passed on to someone new, so as to freshen it up, but this seems unlikely to me.

http://www.cubed3.com/news/6418/

Elite Beat Agents. Too many of you f***tards didn't buy it, and may you thus be eternally damned. The game's predecessor, Ouendan, had a sequel released last year, but Nintendo's been mum about the Agents. Reggie expressed disappointment with this game's sales, but was still mulling over turning the game into the franchise it was meant to be. The game's director has also expressed a strong interest in creating a sequel. However, if rumors are true, the developer iNis probably has its hands full developing Lips for the 360, which means any sequel will have to wait.

And I repeat, all of you who didn't buy this game can suck my...

http://wiinintendo.net/2008/06/24/star-fox-wii-promised-by-producer-takaya-imamura/

Nintendo has teased the possibility of a Wii Star Fox for a while now. Considering that they're in the "bridge" phase, and that shoot-'em-ups often offer a nice balance between accessability and complexity, I think Nintendo's definitely working on a sequel. Whether work is far enough along to reveal anything at E3 is a different question. Miyamoto expressed interest in having more personal input into the next Star Fox than he had with Adventures and Assault, and he probably has more time on his hands now that Wii Fit isn't his obsession, but between Pikmin, Wii Music, and whatever the Zelda team's working on, will he have time to oversee this game? I'm skeptical, but I'd love to be wrong.

http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2007/12/december-twenty-fifth-things.html

The Mother/Earthbound series is technically wrapped up (for now), but only one of the three games has been released outside Japan. If Surfer Girl is correct, though (and her record's decent enough), we'll see another Mother game before the year's over. I was originally hoping for a compilation on the DS, but the recent rating of Earthbound by the ESRB makes me suspect that Mother will be limited to a Virtual Console release this year, which would deprive us of Mother 3 yet again.

http://www.cubed3.com/news/7480

Miyamoto has previously expressed disappointment with the F-Zero series, which he has had little to do with after F-Zero X. While he did praise GX (although not its disappointing sales), Miyamoto was generally harsh on the GBA installments, and unlike other series he has not promised F-Zero a future in the Nintendo line-up. In fact, he's referred to F-Zero as the type of game that is better off with a traditional controller, rather than the Wii's. Nonetheless, he did enjoy GX, and has expressed an interest in revitalizing franchises which have recently underperformed (by Nintendo standards). I doubt we'll see F-Zero this year, but perhaps the next...?

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=187803

The Metroid Prime remake seems to be dead: while the first two games were rumored to be remade with Wii controls, a la Corruption, Nintendo's officially denied the project. That said, this wouldn't be the first time in its history that Nintendo's denied that a game's being made, only to reveal that same game a few months later. Supporting this rumor is the fact that three of Retro's top employees left recently, allegedly because of disagreements with Nintendo. Still, my personal guess is that we won't be seeing the entire Prime Trilogy compiled and updated in one place anytime soon.

http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2008/01/zomoskepsis.html

That said, we do know that Retro was working on a second project while Corruption was under development. According to Surfer Girl, this game is both a Zelda game and an original IP, depending on when you ask him. One popular theory has it as being Raven Blade, an original game Retro was working on for the Gamecube before it became exclusively concerned with Metroid. Perhaps this is it's turn? They certainly would have had enough time to unveil something...

This is the one we know the least about. Metroid Dread's been rumored to have existed for years, but to the best of my knowledge it's never formally been confirmed. The closest we've ever come is a single line in a scanned terminal in Corruption: "Metroid project Dread is nearing completion." Shortly after the game was released, though, Nintendo said there was no Dread. Personally, I'm choosing to believe that it exists, probably as a DS title, but perhaps for WiiWare. Still, I doubt it'll show up at E3.

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/10/11/camelot-on-golden-sun-3/

(With thanks to Claude for the reminder)

Last year, a teaser for Golden Sun 3 was shown at E3. It turns out the whole thing was a hoax, and the people who did it are bad, bad men, but it led to interviewers asking the Takahashi brothers about the possibility. They responded that Nintendo had actually asked them to do a sequel, but that their company was too small to work on multiple projects, so the whole thing was sidelined. Now, Camelot is free, and they're evidently working on not one but two separate titles. The problem we have is that they've only recently wrapped up work on We Love Golf!, so there's definitely not enough time for them to have anything worth revealing at E3. Still, I'm fairly confident that a sequel is coming within the next two years.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=27793

Please ignore Sega's logo on this mock-up. We know that Treasure is working on two separate games for the Wii. We know that neither of them is Wario Land, as that's being handled by a separate developer. We know interest in Sin and Punishment has been increasing recently, with a Virtual Console release and a cameo in Brawl. We know that Treasure's historical reluctance to do sequels is wearing off. And we know that the president of Treasure has at least been considering this game for a year now. All in all, I think there's actually a strong chance that this game is coming, and I'll offer even odds that it'll show up at E3. If it doesn't, then their other game almost certainly will.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=49268

NGamer is reporting that Punch Out! will be returning to the Wii at E3. The game will feature Balance Board support, and presumably the same wacky, borderline offensive cultural steretypes that make the other two entries so fantastic. Making the rumor more plausible is the fact that Nintendo registered the trademark for Punch-Out Wii in 2005, and renewed it early last year, although keep in mind that applying for patents that never get used is pretty common.

UNKNOWN

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153639

(With thanks to Claude for reminding me this title exists)

Consider this one speculation on top of speculation. The director of Final Fantasy XII (and creator of games like Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics) left that project midstream, and turned hermit for a bit. Now, he's working on an RPG for the Wii, and has been at least since 2006. However, we have no other details about it, not even who's publishing it, so it's uncertain whether the game still exists. If it does, however, Nintendo is a good fit for a publisher, since it had to know its RPG line-up would start out weak. This would also mark its second year anniversary, making E3 a good time to debut it. Color me skeptical on this one, but considering the man brought me two of my favorite SRPGs (beaten only by Ogre Battle 64), I really really want to be wrong.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/06/28/nintendo-powers-sword-in-the-preview/

"We'll kick off the next 20 years of Nintendo Power with more big reveals, including a top-secret cover story fit for a king. It's got a lot of heart. Just kidding. It's Mother 3. Just kidding. Please look forward to it." Nintendo Power closed its latest issue with this image and those words, and that's all we know about what game they're referring to. Considering that Nintendo Power brought us Castlevania Judgment and Mega Man 9, their stock is rather high right now, so whatever game they're teasing may well be the first the world hears of it!

Alternatively, it could be like the Tales of Symphonia "revelation" that we've known about for months.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azLmHI6jJ-Y

A few months back, IGN told us in their podcast about a new game that's going to be announced soon exclusively for the Wii, with the whole game being built entirely with the Zapper in mind. Our only hint is "do want." Publisher, developer, and date are all unknown.

NAMCO

http://www.rpgamer.com/games/other/wii/swdoflegendia/swdoflegendia.html

A third Namco RPG for the Wii, and the one we know the least about. Initially announced before the system's release, all we've heard of Legendia since is that it is not an installment in the Tales series, and that it was still in development (although both announcements were in 2007). Considering the fact that Fragile probably won't show up at E3, Legendia is all but guaranteed not to.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=3366

There have been rumors for some time that Namco was working on a Time Crisis game for the Wii. It makes sense: Sega and Capcom have shown that Wii light gun games can be quite lucrative, even with a minimum of effort, and Time Crisis still has its fans. If they are working on a sequel, the Wii is the logical platform, as Time Crisis 4 on the PS3...didn't do so well. For now, I'm thinking this is a long shot, but if they do announce a compilation they'll have my money.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/800/800761p1.html

In 2007 Beautiful Katamari was announced for the 360 and PS3. This rumor surfaced shortly thereafter, saying that work on the PS3 version was dropped in favor of one for the Wii. While the timing would be about right, it assumes that a developer would rather start a game from scratch for the Wii, rather than spend the few million extra it takes to port a game from teh 360 to the PS3, so treat this one with caution.

UBISOFT

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/06/10/hawx-takes-to-the-skies/

Whispers on the internet place Tom Clany's HAWX as having a Wii version in development to along with the HD ones. A pretty looking modern day dogfighting game in the vein of Ace Combat, HAWX is being listed by IGN and some retailers as having a Wii version, although we've received no official word on the matter. E3 would be a good time to announce it if it exists, though...

SEGA

http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750849p1.html

In 2006, Sega announced a partnership with Obsidian to create an RPG for next (now current) gen systems. The RPG would be based on the Alien movies. It's been two years of radio silence ever since, but now would be a good time to reveal some details about it. At the very least, tell us what system it's for!

http://www.sega.com/platinumgames/EnglishUK/

(Thanks to Celine for the info and the link)

Platinum Games came out of the game swinging when they announced their three games, but it turns out they still have one in reserve. Headed by Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Dino Crisis, Godhand), the project has only been in development for three or four months now, and he's holding off on unveiling it until more work is completed. For now, we don't know the genre or the system, but with Mikami at the helm we do know it's going to be pretty damn good.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/05/13/olds-rumors-once-again-take-to-the-skies/

Every year since the original released, there's been at least one rumor that Skies of Arcadia 2 is in development, and every year Arcadia fans go home disappointed. This year has continued the first trend: time will tell if the second one holds true as well. Still, since Sega's private event has already passed with nary a peep about this game (despite rumors to the contrary), I'd put this title's chances at just above that of Shenmue 3. Speaking of which...

http://www.seganerds.com/2008/06/02/more-shenmue-iii-rumours-emerging-must-be-close-to-e3-again/

Google "Shenmue 3." Go ahead, I can wait. Do you see how many folks not only want to believe, but somehow already do? A Shenmue sequel is perennially rumored, and eternally a no-show. Which is too bad: for all its flaws, the Shenmue series was unique. But its massive budget ($70 million for the first game) was never recouped by Sega, and the sequel didn't do too hot either, so don't count on the trilogy being completed anytime soon.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/05/16/rumor-ryo-hazuki-to-enjoy-capsule-toys-on-wii/

Why settle for one Shemue rumor when you can get two? This one, though, is a bit more plausible. Port-happy Sega is rumored to be bringing a compilation of Shenmue 1 and 2 to the Wii. Theoretically some Swedish magazine posted this in May, although I've heard nothing since. Final verdict: don't hold your breath.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=32781

(With thanks to Soriku for pointing me in the right direction)

At the beginning of the year, Sonic creator Yuji Naka created a new studio, partially funded by Sega. He is rumored to be working on a Wii title. With only 37 employees, a Wii or DS title is the logical conclusion, although Sega can always bring in more manpower to work on other consoles if the need arises. Still, with only a few months since its inception, it's highly unlikely that Naka's studio is beyond the planning phase for any title they may be working on.

REVOLUTION SOFTWARE

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/07/08/broken-sword-dev-continues-to-mercilessly-tease-us/

A fun adventure game series that managed to survive the lean times, Broken Sword is all but certain to be coming to the DS. The developers began an online petition to gauge interest, and later told an interviewer that the interview should have taken place a month later. Expect word on it before August.

KONAMI

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/01/09/rumor-suikoden-vi-in-the-works-for-wii/

Suikoden VI has been in the works at Konami since 2006, with the precise platform remaining unspecified. Since then, there have rumors that it will surface on the Wii. Still it doesn't seem too likely: the Wii was popularly expected to fail in 2006, and more recent rumors have pegged the title as coming to the PSP. As of now, Konami hasn't breathed a word on the subject for two years, so don't count this chicken as hatched just yet.

http://wiinintendo.net/2006/07/25/rumor-snatcher-on-wii/

(With thanks to Soriku for telling me about the rumor)

Snatcher is a cult favorite of many gamers, including Shinji Mikami. Back in 2006, it was rumored that Suda51 and Hideo Kojima were teaming up to make a Wii game. In 2007, Mikami mentioned that he loved Snatcher, to which Suda51 and Kojima replied "ooh, Snatcher" "Should we tell everyone yet?" Putting two and two together, it seems like Snatcher is coming to the Wii. There are just two problems with that: first, the mention of it being on the Wii are old and highly speculative (although we know Suda51's been doing a lot of his work on the system). Secondly, Kojima's been busy on some-game-or-other these past few years, so he wouldn't have much free time to make Snatcher, while Suda's been working on No More Heroes and Fatal Frame. So if there is a Snatcher game, and if it is coming out for the Wii, chances are slim that it will be coming this year.

SQUARE-ENIX

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/06/18/rumor-square-enix-trademark-points-to-localized-valkyrie-profil/

The criminally underappreciated Valkyrie Profile series has a Japanese DS game to its credit, but there has been no official word of its arrival here in the west. That may be about to change, as Square-Enix registered a trademark in June, called "Covenant of the Plume." The reasoning tying that to Valkrie Profile seems rather roundabout, but I'll pass it along anyhow.

ID SOFTWARE

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/03/05/id-software-showing-some-cautious-wii-interest/

Try not to read too far into this, but a year ago Id Software's president displayed some interest in the Wii. Not, mind you, in actually making a game for it, or in porting over some of their older stuff, but in partnering with someone to make a powerful engine for it. While this probably isn't going to lead anywhere, if Id carried through it's possible they'd hawk whatever they came up with at E3, possibly via whatever game their partner developed on the engine.

CAPCOM

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/06/23/zack-and-wiki-quest-for-a-sequel-is-fruitless/

A sequel to the fantastic Zak and Wiki has been rumored for a while now, ever since Capcom revealed that it was pleased with the game's sales. Supposedly, the game would be unveiled at CAPTivate. Obviously, that didn't happen. And now Capcom executive (and my archnemesis) Svensson is telling people not to expect a sequel to Zak and Wiki anytime soon (although he did not rule out the possibility of one arriving some day). For now, it looks like we'll have to get our flying monkey quota elsewhere, people.

VALVE

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/valve/

We know that Gabe Newell really, really likes the Wii. We know that he, and Valve, have expressed an interest in making a Wii game that's suitable for children as soon as they're not quite as swamped as usual. From these rumors, teh internetz has put them down as creating a Wii game in 2010. It'd be awesome if it's true, but 1) all of this is pure speculation and 2) that's a really long time away. Even if the rumor is true, don't expect Valve to admit anything at this year's E3.

Oh, and on a personal note, does anyone have any objections to my officially claiming the longest single post in VGChartz history? Speak up now or forever hold your peace!